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n. - A form of a certain language spoken around Delhi.

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Usage examples (7)
  • No difference can be more marked than between the Hindoostani and the Malay.
  • The quantity (sometimes not trifling) and quality of his meals, the consequent state of his digestion, and his endless rows on the score of accommodations and forage with...
  • He conducted all in Hindoostani (?), his native tongue.
  • To withdraw without being compromised was a most perilous operation, for I was surrounded, while the enemy were shouting and cheering, beating up troops, and calling out to us...
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